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PHRM 623 Fundamentals of Pharmacology II

FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACOLOGY 623 (II)

2008

Time:                       Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 4:00–5:00 P.M.

Location:                 Pharmacology Seminar Room, M100 John Morgan

Course Director:    David Manning (8-1775; manning@pharm.med.upenn.edu)

Blackboard site:     https://courseweb.library.upenn.edu/

Starting Date:         January 16, 2008

Day        Date                                                   Lecture                                        Lecturer

Wed        1/16                  Pharmacokinetic Models: Drug Absorption            Robinson

Thu          1/17                  Pharmacokinetic Models: Drug Distribution           "

Mon         1/21                  No class (MLK Day)

Tue          1/22                  Pharmacokinetic Models: Drug Elimination            "

Wed        1/23                  Emerging Methods of Drug Delivery                        Muzykantov

Thu          1/24                  Pharmacokinetics problem set due                         Robinson

Mon         1/28                  Phase I Metabolism: Cytochrome P450s                Song

Tue          1/29                  Phase I Metabolism                                                   "

Wed        1/30                  Phase II Metabolism                                                  "

Thu          1/31                  Phase II Metabolism                                                  "

Mon         2/4                    Metabolism problem set due                                    "

Tue          2/5                    Review                                                                         Robinson/Song

Wed        2/6                    Principles of Toxicology                                            Penning

Thu          2/7                    Exam I                                                                         

Mon         2/11                  Redox Chemistry                                                        Ischiropoulos

Tue          2/12                  Reox Chemistry in Toxicology                                  "

Wed        2/13                  Biotransformation of Xenobiotics                             Penning

Thu          2/14                  Biotransformation of Xenobiotics                             "

Mon         2/18                  Chemical carcinogenesis: DNA-adduct based      Penning

                                          mechanisms

Tue          2/19                  Chemical Carcinogenesis: Non-DNA adduct         "

                                          based mechanisms

Wed        2/20                  Neurodegenerative Disease                                    Giasson

Thu          2/21                  No Class

Mon         2/25                  Toxicology Problem set Due                                     Penning

Tue          2/26                  Review                                                                         Penning/others               

Wed        2/27                  No class

Thu          2/28                  Exam 2

Mon         3/3                    Molecular Forces                                                       Sharp

Tue          3/4                    Molecular Thermodynamics                                      "

Wed        3/5                    Molecular Graphics                                                    "

Thu          3/6                    Molecular Simulation                                                 "

Mon         3/10                  SPRING BREAK

Tue          3/11                  SPRING BREAK

Wed        3/12                  SPRING BREAK

Thu          3/13                  SPRING BREAK

Mon         3/17                  Molecular Shape and Symmetry                              Kung

Tue          3/18                  Molecular Structure Determination                           van Duyne

Wed        3/19                  Docking and Scoring                                                 Mohan

Thu          3/20                  Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships           "

Mon         3/24                  Review                                                                         Sharp/Kung

Tue          3/25                  No Class

Wed        3/26                  Exam 3

Thu          3/27                  System Biology Overview                                         Blair

Mon         3/31                  Proteomics and Lipidomics Methodology              Blair

Tue          4/1                    Bioinformatics                                                            Pizarro

Wed        4/2                    Proteomics and Lipidomics of Cancer                    Blair

Thu          4/3                    No Class

Mon         4/7                    Proteomics of Neurodegenerative Disease           Giasson

Tue          4/8                    Genomics I                                                                  Eberwine

Wed        4/9                    Proteomics/metabolomics problem set due           Blair

Thu          4/10                  Genomics II                                                                 Eberwine

Mon         4/14                  Genomics III                                                                Hogenesch

Tue          4/15                  Genomics Problem Set Due                                     Eberwine/

                                                                                                                                 Hogenesch

Wed        4/16                  Pharmacogenetics I                                                   Whitehead

Thu          4/17                  Pharmacogenetics II                                                  Whitehead

Mon         4/21                  Pharmacogenetics III                                                 Whitehead

Tue          4/22                  Pharmacogenetics IV                                                Whitehead

Wed        4/23*                 Pharmacogenetics Problem Set Due                      Whitehead

                                          Drug Development Pipeline                                      Molinoff

Thu          4/24                  Review of proteomics/pharmacogenetics               Blair

                                                                                                                                 Whitehead

Mon         4/28                  Statistics I                                                                    Troxel

Tue          4/29                  Statistics II                                                                   Troxel

Wed        4/30                  Statistics III                                                                  Troxel

Thu          5/1                    No Class                                                                    

Mon         5/5                    Exam 4

*Class meets from 4-6 pm.

Directory of Lecturers:

Name                             Dept                          Phone              Email

Ian Blair                           Pharmacology              573-9885            ian@spirit.gcrc.upenn.edu

Greg van Duyne                Biochem & Biophysics  898-3058            vanduyne@mail.med.upenn.edu

Jim Eberwine                    Pharmacology              898-5437            eberwine@pharm.med.upenn.edu

Benoit Giasson                 Pharmacology              573-6012            giassonb@mail.med.upenn.edu

John Hogenesch               Pharmacology              573-1154            hogenesc@mail.med.upenn.edu

Harry Ischiropoulos           Pediatrics                    590-5320            ischirop@mail.med.upenn.edu

Hank Kung                       Radiology                    662-3096            kunghf@sunmac.spect.upenn.edu

Venkatraman Mohan         Honeywell, Burdick       231-725-6281      venkatraman.mohan@Honeywell.com

                                          and Jackson                                      

Perry Molinoff                   Pharmacology              898-2832            molinoff@pobox.upenn.edu

Vladimir Muzykantov         Pharmacology              898-9823            muzykant@mail.med.upenn.edu

Trevor Penning                  Pharmacology              898-9445            penning@pharm.med.upenn.edu

Angel Pizarro                    Pharm/ITMAT               573-3736            angel@mail.med.upenn.edu

Michael Robinson             Pharmacology              590-2205            robinson@pharm.med.upenn.edu

Kim Sharp                        Biochem & Biophysics  573-3506            sharpk@mail.med.upenn.edu

Wenchao Song                 Pharmacology              573-6641            song@spirit.gcrc.upenn.edu

Andrea Troxel                   Biostatistics                 573-0659            atroxel@mail.med.upenn.edu

Steven Whitehead             Pharmacology              898-2332            aswhitehead@pharm.med.upenn.edu